Chapter 228
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Chapter 228: Prisoner’s Dilemma
Duan Mingen’s identity was quickly uncovered by netizens. After all, the power of the masses is strong. As long as you are involved in this supernatural circle, unless you never show your face, there will always be someone who knows you.
Not to mention the fact that many people actually knew about the Sincerity Company’s intense pursuit of a certain Ghost Master during the daytime, they just chose to remain silent.
Now that there are related videos being leaked, naturally people are mentioning the incident that happened during the daytime.
Not many people knew the identity of the man with white hair. And those who knew either kept it a secret or sent an anonymous email to Chu Jiang’s company…
Eventually, the version that people organized went like this:
There was a Ghost Master from Sincerity Company named Duan Mingen. Today, he killed his boss, stole a sealed object, and escaped to Luohe City, seeking the protection of the feared Chu Jiang.
It seemed that Captain Chu really took Duan Mingen in because Sincerity Company had a history of conflicts with Chu Jiang.
The people from Sincerity Company remained silent and didn’t dare to go after anyone in Chu Jiang’s territory.
Then came the twist – this Duan Mingen was actually a pawn arranged by Sincerity Company.
And this pawn truly believed that he was forced to escape. But in reality, Sincerity Company had manipulated him and altered his understanding.
In the end, Chu Jiang seemed to have uncovered this matter. They even recorded a video and made it public.
It must be said that this delighted some Ghost Masters who enjoy spectating.
Some people made fun of Sincerity Company, this time they lost face and reputation.
Even though no one knows who the old man with white hair is, he definitely has a connection with Sincerity Company, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to cooperate so well.
When this incident came out, Ghost Masters from both domestic and international areas were very concerned about the follow-up development. Some spectators were amazed by the "courage" of Sincerity Company, knowing that they are not easy to mess with, yet still provoked them.
Luckily, the lines in this silent drama didn’t mention anything about hurting or getting rid of Chu Jiang. They only mentioned collecting his information, otherwise things could have gotten out of control.
……
While discussions were happening outside, in the city of Shanghai, which is one of the top cities in the country, also known as the "Magic City".
In the heart of a man-made lake in this bustling city, the headquarters of Sincerity Company is located.
On the top floor of a luxury villa on the island, there are two men currently watching a silent drama on a huge screen embedded in the wall.
After watching it, the middle-aged man on the right spoke in a deep voice, "You messed up. I’ve been telling you not to use such petty methods."
"What will you do next? Pretend to make peace and hold them off?"
The man with white hair on the left had no expression on his face. His hands crossed, and he said faintly, "I admit, the successor of Chu’s Jiang in this generation is indeed more difficult to deal with than I imagined."
"I’m not surprised that he noticed something was wrong with the chess pieces."
"But I’m amazed that he could recreate this scene. Indeed, when it comes to ghosts, there is no reason to speak of, especially when we don’t know anything about the other party."
"As for the next response… it’s simple, remain unchanged in the face of countless changes."
"Since Chu Jiang has publicly shared this video instead of coming directly to us, it indicates two things."
"Firstly, he is very dissatisfied and has no intention of reconciling with us."
"Secondly, in the short term, he won’t personally come to confront us. Otherwise, what would be circulating online now would be a video of him completely dismantling Sincerity Company, or at least destroying the branch company."
"In that case, pretending to make peace is just a waste of time and energy. No matter what we do, this grudge is already formed."
"There are very few people who know that I am the president of Sincerity Company. In other words, at least on the surface, Sincerity Company can make a statement saying that this matter has nothing to do with our company."
"Although no one would believe it, we didn’t need them to believe. At least we can use this reason to deceive the research institute. Let’s temporarily pass this matter for now, and let’s see what happens in the future."
"Then you still haven’t said why you provoked him?" The middle-aged man’s face still didn’t look good.
"It’s not that I wanted to provoke him, but between us, there have already been two conflicts, and he even killed one of our people."
"I can easily let go and not hold a grudge. After all, I can’t even remember the name of that useless guy who died."
"But based on Chu Jiang’s style of doing things, he is very high-profile and direct, and can even be considered forceful."
According to the informant from the headquarters, even people from foreign delegations have to speak to him politely and respectfully, so I don’t think the other party will easily let go.
"Under the assumption that there might be future hostilities, it’s natural for me to gather more information about him."
"And many people want to do the same, don’t they? I’m just the first one who tried it. Well… the result wasn’t very good, but I believe others will also become more cautious because of it."
"From this point of view, that Chu Jiang should thank me."
"Oh, by the way, whether Chu Jiang can recognize me through this pantomime or not, he should already know my identity at this moment. Because there are always some meddlers who present my information to him."
……
In fact, just as the white-haired man predicted, Chu Jiang has already been browsing his personal information.
Bai Congwu, the current president of Sincerity Company, is one of the company’s founders.
This person has a very low-key approach, never appearing in public. He delegates company affairs to subordinates and only manipulates things behind the scenes.
At the same time, Bai Congwu is suspected to be from an ancient Ghost Master family. That’s why he was able to take advantage of the changing world situation during the early revival of the supernatural, quickly establishing a modern Ghost Master organization…
Among these simple information, there is also a photo, but the photo is also blurry, as if taken from a distance.
However, after comparing, Chu Jiang is almost certain that the person in the photo and the person in the pantomime are the same, especially with that white hair, so it must be him.
Chu Jiang didn’t know who sent him the information, but it was probably someone who wasn’t friendly with Sincerity Company, or someone trying to start a fight between them.
Basically, if Chu Jiang just knew the identity of the white-haired man, then he would consider it a win.
As for Sincerity Company’s response, there were basically three options: 1) They could directly confront him; 2) They could pretend to apologize and visit him; 3) They could simply deny the incident in a statement, since there weren’t many people who knew Bai Congwu’s identity anyway.
Chu Jiang guessed that the most likely response from them would be the third option; the next possibility was privately admitting the incident and apologizing, and the least likely option was coming to confront Research Institute No. 21 directly. Wouldn’t that be provoking them?
Although the captain, the leader, and the interests of the research institute didn’t always align, at least for now, Chu Jiang was one of the shining stars of the institute.